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NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 4:57 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
It's how I'm going to be picturing him now.
That book can't get out soon enough.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
heart_in_a_blend ( member #24191) posted at 5:21 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Okay, I'm intrigued. That picture made me eat a can of peanuts!
Do you have to read the first one or can you just pick up any of them?
In life, much of what one grieves one never had.
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 5:33 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
IMO the primary attraction is the not-having-sex for several books then having amazing sex in the last one, I think you need the build up to make the payoff work.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 5:38 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Oh yeah...it's the several books long worth of foreplay that leads to the big pay off.
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ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 5:46 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
One reason it always confuses me when men say romance novels = porn is that romance novels, to me, are about *not* having sex. There can be no sex and it's still a romance, but if there's sex sex sex but no not having sex before that, it's not a romance novel.
Antici...pation.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
kdny ( member #760) posted at 5:52 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Definitely read the series in order. Its the build up.....the build up......ahem....yeah.
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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Sometimes the fine line between a nervous breakdown and knowing things will be okay is a pair of furry pants~unfound
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 5:56 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
I know that by the end of the second book I was just seething for them to get it on.
I don't know that I know of another series that has drawn this out so successfully and in such a good way.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
kdny ( member #760) posted at 6:03 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
I'm going to be very disappointed in this next book if anything changes.
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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Sometimes the fine line between a nervous breakdown and knowing things will be okay is a pair of furry pants~unfound
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 6:10 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
I believe it's going to be the last book in the series so there should be a lot of answers and some resolutions.
I feel bad for her because what the hell is she going to write now?
Nothing she does is going to meet the expectations after this series.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
punky ( member #12233) posted at 7:22 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Is is out now? I thought it wasn't going to be done until August of next year or something...
But YAY...
I think Barrons is clean shaven--but yeah, pretty similar to the Xena dude.
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Jan. 18th.
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punky ( member #12233) posted at 1:34 AM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Alrighty then! I will be pre-ordering this sucka on my Kindle.
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 3:19 AM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
O.k.. so I'm intrigued. I think I will ask for the first one for Christmas and go from there (so i will be terribly behind all of you and have to avoid this thread.)
One question though.. does the guy have to look like that.. or can I make him up in my head? Because sorry.. that looks like a cross between a pirate and an Oakridge Boy .. and that's not hot. 
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 10:24 AM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Someone obviously didn't watch a lot of syndicated television in the 90s.
I've heard people say they think he looks like Oded Fehr, but you're still dealing with similar facial hair.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
kdny ( member #760) posted at 3:28 PM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
that looks like a cross between a pirate and an Oakridge Boy
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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Sometimes the fine line between a nervous breakdown and knowing things will be okay is a pair of furry pants~unfound
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 3:34 PM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
lol... The song "Elvira" will never be the same for me now.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
kdny ( member #760) posted at 3:46 PM on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Omg, I'm hearing "Elvira, arrrrrr, Elvira,arrrrrr me matey!"
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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Sometimes the fine line between a nervous breakdown and knowing things will be okay is a pair of furry pants~unfound
heart_in_a_blend ( member #24191) posted at 8:33 PM on Friday, December 17th, 2010
Okay, just got back from book store and bought my first Karen Morning book. Darkfever.
I need to change up my reading material so I hope I will fall in love with these books like you all have.
In life, much of what one grieves one never had.
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 10:35 PM on Friday, December 17th, 2010
O.k.. back form the bookstore and bought myself all of them. the woman behind the counter said "Ohhhhhh.. THOSE books!" when I asked for them and winked
So we shall see. Call me a book snob but I almost had to cover my head with a bag buying something out of the Romance section. Perhaps it is a bias I need to get over. Just made me think "Harlequin" or my grandmas romance novels KWIM?
Anyway.. I handed dh and the bag and it's one less gift he needs to look for
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
NewAttitude (original poster member #1030) posted at 12:10 AM on Saturday, December 18th, 2010
You are a book snob.
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